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vector vs immune carrier

immune carrier vs vector

vector and immune carrier both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vector Yes No No No
immune carrier Yes No No No
As nouns, immune carrier is a hyponym of vector; that is, immune carrier is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vector:
  • vector: any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
  • immune carrier: (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
Other hyponyms of vector include gene delivery vector, transducing vector, carrier.
vector (noun) immune carrier (noun)
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
Difference between vector and immune carrier

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